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Typst: "as powerful as LaTeX while being much easier to learn and use" by doomsel in c/opensource@programming.dev

[-] doomsel@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

I wrote my PhD Thesis with it two years ago and already back then it was a breeze. Compiling a 250 pages document in more or less real time is a game changer and I couldn't find any major shortcomming over latex appart from some minor bug here and there yet. 10/10 would recommend

Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline by doomsel in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] doomsel@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

I specifically got one which can run valetudo and it works great for over two years now. Without sending images of my flat to china or the us

sharks are older than polaris by doomsel in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] doomsel@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

If I understand correctly, it is 2billion years old, but 50million years ago it merged with another star, making it more massive and thereby more bright an visible from earth. Fun fact: Due to it beeing a yellow supergiant it will turn red in a couple of thousand years and then die quiet soon.

Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-old-is-the-north-star-the-answer-could-change-our-maps-of-the-cosmos/